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Six Bulls Named to Academic All-MAC TeamCLEVELAND, OH - Six University at Buffalo student-athletes have been named to the Mid-American Conference's 2003 men's and women's outdoor track and field Academic All-MAC teams, the league has announced. Jenelle Callender (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Tech), Katie Love (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg), Meagan Rogers (Courtenay, BC/George P. Vanier) and Faith Thompson (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls) were named to the women's team while Joel Beatty (Holley, NY/Holley) and Rick Stewart (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) were selected to the men's squad by a vote of the faculty athletic representatives of the member institutions that sponsor outdoor track and field. Due to ties in the voting, each 19-member team was expanded, with 23 men and 24 women honored. The four UB women's honorees were the most placed by any league member.
Callender, a senior international studies major with a 3.318 GPA, finished seventh at the MAC Championships in the 400-meters (57.43). She also ran the opening leg of the record-setting 4x100 relay (47.09) at the league meet. She finished the 2003 season with a top 100-meter time of 12.32 at the Alabama Relays and 200-meter clocking of 24.68 at the UB Chancellor's Cup and was part of three additional relay records. Academically, she also was named the UB Intercollegiate Athletic Board Female Distinguished Student-Athlete Leader in 2003.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify,
a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for
that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the
award. Outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments from the current season only are considered. |
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